intellect
/ˈɪntəlekt/noun
mass noun
1- the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters（尤指对抽象或学术问题的）思维能力, 智力, 才智：
he was a man of action rather than of intellect.
他是一个实干家, 而不是爱思考者。
1.1
- count noun the understanding or mental powers of a particular person（某人的）领悟力, 智力：
his keen intellect.
他机敏的头脑。
1.2
- count noun a clever or intellectual person有才智的人：
sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects.
慢慢挖走我国一些最出色的才子。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin intellectus 'understanding', from intellegere 'understand' （see INTELLIGENT）.